The Barbless Ant Selection - We are always on the look out for something that little bit special, and we think we have found some flies which we believe you will really appreciate. This Ant Selection has been painstakingly hand tied for us.
How to fish these flies:
1) Tie them on as a dropper 12 inches behind a bead head nymph or a weighted wet fly; such as a mayfly nymph or emerger.
2) Free line them on a long leader from a floating fly line and allow them to slowly sink through the water column.
3) Lastly, these ants are deadly fished under an indicator. Try them paired with one of our dinkhamers - they are phenomenal!
--- Rivers or Stillwaters - fish eat ants all the year around ---
Descriptions of the ants can be found below:
Black Ant - Tied with a black acrylic and thread body, with a black hackle wound around the centre of the shank of the hook. Drift these under any overhanging vegetation, and hold on! This selection contains three each of sizes 14 & 16.
Black CdC Ant - Tied with a black acrylic and thread body, a white CdC sighter and a natural hackle wound around the centre of the shank of the hook. Drift these under any overhanging vegetation, and hold on! This selection contains three each of sizes 16 & 18.
Hi-Float Ant - Tied with a slim black thread and foam body, with a black hackle wound around the centre of the shank of the hook. Drift these under any overhanging vegetation, and hold on! This selection contains three each of sizes 16 & 18.
Note: Should the "Tree Trout" steal any of your flies, I am happy to sell flies individually to allow you to top up your box. Please contact me using this link with details of your order, and I will email you an invoice. Ants can be bought individually for £1.50 each.
The above price includes 18 hand-tied ants supplied in our eco-friendly packaging.
We currently have these fly selections in stock and will ship these to you as soon as we receive notification of your payment, generally, if a payment is made in the morning your flies will be with you the very next day.